Delhi, Karnataka Among States To Take Global Tender For Covid Vaccine Amid Shortage
Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha have also taken the global tender route for procuring vaccines swiftly.
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Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha have also taken the global tender route for procuring vaccines swiftly.
The Centre said it has so far provided more than 18 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs free of cost, but many of them have complained of an acute shortage of the jabs and are now prioritising people who need to be given their second dose within a prescribed period.
Sona Comstar Donates 20 Ventilators, Donates 3.5 Lakh Meals For Covid Relief May 12, 2021, 15:46 IST
New Delhi: Sona Comstar, one of India’s leading automotive technology company, has extended support to hospitals in Delhi and Haryana by donating 20 ventilators; 10 each to Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon and Aakash Healthcare, Super Speciality Hospital, Dwarka, Delhi in order to support the healthcare system in fighting the unprecedented threat posed by the second wave of Covid-19. It has also partnered with Kaushalya Foundation, a non-government, non-profit organization, as part of its CSR initiative, to feed poor and migrant labour as the country continues to grapple with the dangerous second wave of Covid-19.
Bed Blocking Scam: Two Held For Duping Covid19 Patients in Bengaluru May 06, 2021, 12:35 IST
Bengaluru city and overall Karnataka state are facing difficulties with an increase in the number of Covid19 cases. There is a shortage of oxygen cylinders, medicinal drugs and beds in the hospital. Some are now taking advantage of the vulnerable situation and are using it to dupe patients and their families.
The Bengaluru police recently brought to light, a bed-blocking scam. They arrested a social worker and her nephew in relation to this case. The police feel these two have contacts with BBMP war room staff and hence were able to carry out the scam. The accused would take a high amount from the family in the pretext of allotting them a hospital bed.
Bengaluru COVID Bed Blocking Scam Expose by Tejasvi Surya Takes Communal Turn May 06, 2021, 13:17 IST
Bengaluru: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya played a major part in the revelation of the bed blocking scam in Bengaluru. But what is happening now has given the case, a communal turn. Recently a video was shared on social media where Surya is seen making communal remarks in a Covid war room.
Tejasvi Surya, the Bangalore South MP is in a Covid war room with three other BJP MLAs. He is reading the names of the people assigned to the facility. He takes around six names and then starts asking them, questions like who assigned them what are their shift timings and other such things. The thing is that most of the names here are of Muslims.
India appreciates Biden admin s decision to back TRIPS waiver for Covid vaccines
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Lalit K Jha
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In the past few months, the Indian Embassy had made a focused outreach on the need for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines in the developing world
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India has appreciated the Biden administration s decision to support a proposal moved by it and South Africa to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.
For the past several weeks, India s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, along with the diplomats from South Africa, had been meeting US lawmakers and officials regarding the proposal.